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2009 6th Annual NRC Railroad Contracting Equipment Auction

Click here to print out an Auction Interest Form to fill out and send to NRC Auction Committee and auctioneer Blackmon Auctions. (Adobe Acrobat, 173KB)

The NRC will be holding its 6th Annual Railroad Contracting Equipment Auction on Thursday, April 9th, 2009 in Arcola, Illinois. Blackmon Auctions will run the proceedings, which will take place on the rail yard of the JER Overhaul facility.

Address and Directions:
Located on JER Overhaul facility in Arcola, Illinois:
- 107 N. US Route 45, Arcola, IL 61910
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=107+N+US+Route+45,+Arcola,+Illinois+61910&sll=39.652061,-88.31394&sspn=0.173404,0.275002&ie=UTF8&ll=39.688695,-88.302612&spn=5.545192,8.800049&z=7

The auction will feature consignments from dozens of contractors, suppliers and railroads. Previous consigners have included AM-Rail Construction, Balfour Beatty Rail, BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railroad, Delta Railroad Construction, DM&E Railroad, Diversified Metal Fabricators, Esco Equipment Service, FCM Rail, Great Lakes Rail Service, Harsco Track Technologies, Hertz Equipment Rental, Herzog Contracting Corp, IC&E Railroad, Kanza Construction, Kelly-Hill Company, Matweld, McHenry Truck Equipment, Nelson Rail Services, Nordco, Pocono Mohawk Construction, Progress Rail Services, Railroad Construction Company of South Jersey, Railway Equipment Services, RailWorks Corporation, and numerous others.

Anybody is welcome to attend the auction to bid on equipment. Also, all contractors, suppliers and railroads are invited to sell and/or donate their equipment.

For more information, or to join the NRC, please contact us at 202.715.2920 or info@nrcma.org.

Join the NRC now by completing the 2009 membership form at www.nrcma.org/form4.cfm.

To register equipment for sale and/or find out more information, contact:
NRC Auction Committee Chairman
Dudley Newman
J.E.R. Overhaul / Nordco
Phone (602) 952-0035
mofwman@cox.net

or

Auctioneer: Thomas Blackmon Jr
Blackmon Auctions, Inc.
office) 501.664.4526
cell) 501.352.4702
thomas@blackmonauctions.com
www.blackmonauctions.com

AUCTION SITE: JER Overhaul facility in Arcola, Illinois - 107 N. US Route 45, Arcola, IL 61910, Phone: 217-268-4823

TIME: Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 9:00am to finish (approximately 2:00pm)

HOTEL: TBD

AIRPORT:
University of Illinois' Willard Airport in Champaign-Urbana - 25 miles
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, IL - 88 miles
Greater Peoria Regional Airport - 127 miles
Lambert-St Louis International Airport - 150 miles
Indianapolis Airport - 158 miles
Chicago Midway Airport - 161 miles
Chicago O'Hare Airport - 185 miles

INSPECTION: Wednesday, April 8th, 2009- 8:00am - 5:00pm

HAPPY HOUR: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 5:00pm to closing at: Location TBD

AUCTION RAFFLE ITEM: Winchester Shotgun donated by McHenry Truck Equipment. All attendees will receive complimentary raffle tickets, and additional tickets will be available for purchase. All proceeds go towards the NRC Safety, Training and Education Fund.

2008 5th Annual NRC Railroad Contracting Equipment Auction

Click here for the official 2008 Auction Equipment Catalog and Brochure. (Adobe Acrobat, 3078KB)

The NRC held its 5th Annual Railroad Contracting Equipment Auction on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Blackmon Auctions ran the proceedings, which took place on their auction yard.

Address and Directions:
Located on Blackmon Auctions yard in Little Rock, Arkansas;
- 425 Blackmon Road, Lonoke, Arkansas 72086

AUCTION SITE: Blackmon Auctions yard in Little Rock, Arkansas - 425 Blackmon Road, Lonoke, Arkansas 72086

TIME: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 9:00am to finish (approximately 2:00pm)

HOTEL: Wyndham Riverfront Little Rock
2 Riverfront Place
North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114
501-371-9000
15.7m from Blackmon Auctions yard
Discounted group rate of $89/night. Call 501-371-9000 and ask for "NRC Auction" rate for night of April 14.

AIRPORT:
Little Rock National Airport (airport code LIT)

INSPECTION: Monday, April 14, 2008 - 8:00am - 5:00pm

HAPPY HOUR: Monday, April 14, 2008 - 5:00pm to closing at:
Wyndham Riverfront Little Rock - Lobby Bar

2007 4th Annual NRC Railroad Contracting Equipment Auction

The NRC held its 4th Annual Railroad Contracting Equipment Auction on Thursday, April 5th, 2007 in Ashtabula, Ohio. Blackmon Auctions ran the proceedings, which will took place on a Delta Railroad Construction rail yard.

Address
2648 West Prospect Road
Ashtabula, OH 44004

Click here for the Official 2007 Auction Equipment Catalog and Brochure (Adobe Acrobat, 1616KB)

2006 3rd Annual NRC Railroad Contracting Equipment Auction

Click here for 2006 Auction Equipment Brochure with pictures and descriptions (Adobe Acrobat, 2300KB)

The NRC held its 3rd Annual Railroad Contracting Equipment Auction on Thursday, March 30th, 2006 in Granite City, Illinois - just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, MO. Blackmon Auctions ran the proceedings, which took place on a Progress Rail Services (All Track Equipment Division) rail yard.

2005 2nd Annual NRC Railroad Contracting Equipment Auction

The 2nd annual NRC Railroad Equipment Auction was held on March 31st, 2005 at the Herzog Contracting Corp. equipment yard across the Missouri river from St. Joseph, Missouri in Elwood, Kansas. To simply call the auction a success would be a significant understatement.

Over 300 pieces of equipment sold. Those items included high rail units such as tampers, regulators, tie handlers, scarifiers, inspection and crew trucks, speed swings, spikers and one Little Giant Truck Crane to lots of high rail gear, cwr rollers, hydraulic tools and power units. The total proceeds from these items exceeded $500,000 with the highest item selling for $35,000.00.

Blackmon Auction Company conducted the auction again this year and performed admirably. They started the activities exactly at 9:00 AM as advertised and concluded at 1:00PM. A crowd of 150 people attended the auction with 105 registered bidders from 26 states and three countries. The large crowd of serious buyers coupled with the professionalism and experience of Blackmon auctioneers had a direct and most positive impact on the event.

The NRC auction committee chairman, Dan Samford who is the Vice President of Equipment for Herzog, and his committee members Josh Kimsey of Railworks and Joel Frank of Progress Rail, did a great job in organizing the event and soliciting consigned equipment. Shop superintendent Bert Ross and his crew worked diligently to receive, arrange and load out that equipment in addition to performing their normal duties. The NRC congratulates and sincerely thanks all of them for their hard work which contributed to the success of the 2005 auction. And also a special thank you to Eddie and Barbara Stokes of Railway Equipment Services, who were the biggest contributors to this year's auction.

Local barbecue caterer Keith's BBQ was on site serving his specialties as well as drinks, donuts, etc. The NRC received a 12 gauge Browning "Gold Hunter" shotgun as a donated gift from Thomas McGee, L.C. to be raffled to registered buyers. Each registrant received one ticket for the drawing as well as having the option to buy additional chances for cash. The shotgun was a huge hit and this raffle will be a staple of future NRC auctions. Many thanks to NRC member company Thomas McGee. The lucky winner whose ticket was drawn after the conclusion of the auction was Gary Fossen, G A Fossen & Associates of Lenux, South Dakota. Congratulations Gary!

During the evening prior to the auction, many of the attendees met at Houlihan's Pub, a local restaurant, for a social hour(s). Cocktails and food were provided by the following companies: FCM Rail, Fleet Body Equipment, Hertz Equipment Rental Corp., L. B. Foster Company, RailWorks and Herzog Contracting Corp. A good time was had by all as new acquantances were made and many long-time friends revisited the good ol days.

For the first time, railroads committed equipment to the auction in 2005. The Florida East Coast Railway consigned several pieces and received a fair price. Also, the FEC purchased other items.

The BNSF Railway donated five pieces of equipment to the auction (through Railway Equipment Services) with the proceeds dedicated to NRC Employee Safety and Training programs. I commend the BNSF for recognizing the value of NRC member contractors and promoting their training and safety. This is, in my opinion, a true and viable partnership between an owner and contractors in which all parties will benefit from increased resources for safety and training. On behalf of the NRC, its Board of Directors and the members, thank you BNSF very much for your generous contribution and foresight. We are looking expand this partnership effort next year to include other railroads.

Speaking of next year, the auction will be held in Granite City, Illinois across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. The date will be Thursday March 30, 2006. Mr. Joel Frank of Progress Rail is the 2006 Committee Chairman and he is already planning the details for another successful auction. In only two years, the event has not only been tremendously successful, but has transformed from an NRC Equipment Auction to a Railroad Industry Wide Auction hosted by the NRC. Start making plans now for your equipment sale and purchasing needs for next year.

Many more people than have been mentioned contributed a great deal of their time and effort over the last two plus years to implement the original idea of an auction and to implement it so successfully. To them the NRC extends its appreciation for jobs remarkably well done.

2004 1st Ever NRC Railroad Contracting Equipment Auction

On March 31st, 2004, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the NRC held its first ever auction and it was a tremendous success. Over $600,000 of high-quality used contracting equipment goods changed hands before lunch! The auction was run by noted railroad auction company Blackmon Auctions and was held on an old rail yard just outside of Pittsburgh.

Attendance at the auction was solid as we had buyers snapping up the bargains coming all the way from Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland and Virginia. NRC members including Balfour Beatty Rail, Atlas Railroad Contractors, G.W. Peoples Contracting and Herzog Contracting sold their surplus equipment to the willing group of buyers.

As both buyers and sellers got fair prices, the NRC found a valuable new service to offer its members, and many good friends were brought together, this event was a win-win-win for everybody involved.

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